Fakuma News: Achieving 100 % Quality Injection Molding Even Faster with New Features for the CoMo Injection Process Monitoring System

The new firmware upgrade V2.4 for Kistler's CoMo Injection process monitoring system offers better functionality and new features. At the Fakuma trade show in Friedrichshafen (from 16 until 20 October, 2012), booth 3104, hall A3, the specialist for sensors and systems for monitoring injection molding processes will present many new features that will help processors achieve zero-defect production even faster.

The integrated automatic mold recognition function of the CoMo Injection system makes mold connection and setting easier and faster thanks to automatic loading of mold data during mold changes. Connection errors are detected quickly and can be remedied before they can cause any damage. Kistler has made the synchronized processing of uniform evaluation objects for pressure monitoring multi-cavity molds significantly easier. Evaluation objects of the same type (e.g. maximum) can be selected across channels and processed synchronously afterwards.

MultiFlow, the automatic hot-runner balancing function of the CoMo Injection system now offers more options: in Smooth Control mode, tip temperatures can now be controlled at even smaller intervals. Thanks to this enhancement, injection molding processes involving polymers with a viscosity that is significantly affected by temperature changes can now be controlled more accurately. These improvements are of particular benefit to operators of multi-cavity molds for thermoplastic elastomers and other temperature-sensitive polymers. Individual process variations are detected reliably and their effect on process control is eliminated. MultiFlow now also offers an automatic start-up function, which is triggered automatically during production start-up and after production downtimes.

The CoMo Injection system's output channels for controlling reject gates or removal robots are now easily tested via One Touch check. This function ensures the reliable separation of rejects and makes operation more comfortable. The new upgrade also allows network-based data management for easier data handling.